Baby name
FADING
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 Kingston
/KING · stuhn/
Meaning
“King's town”
An English surname derived from a place name meaning 'king's town', formed from Old English words for 'king' and 'town' or 'settlement'.
Nicknames
kingi · king
Vibe
regalstrong
How it ages.
Modern and confident, with a regal edge from its 'king's town' meaning; it took off after a 2006 celebrity baby and still feels very much of that era.
The cultural moment.
In the United States, Kingston climbed quickly after its debut in the mid-2000s and reached its best rank of #112 in 2021, then slipped to #204 by 2025.